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By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) – Market focus will shift from macro to micro next week, and investors betting on gains in stocks will hope coming earnings reports will be somewhat stronger than recent disappointing economic figures. Earnings expectations have been falling sharply in the past weeks, with the most recent estimate showing a […]

Hackers are breaking into public companies around the world and stealing every kind of data imaginable. But news of the breaches is typically ignored by the stock market, even though the victims suffer financial damage over the long term. Investors ought to be paying more attention, and conducting more rigorous analysis of long-term effects, say […]

The outlook for corporate profits is getting worse, and it’s not just about the battered energy sector. Banks, looked to as a bright spot for the upcoming earnings season, might not live up to expectations, according to an analysis from Goldman Sachs. The firm’s analysts have cut profit outlooks for three of the top four […]

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The state of the U.S. labor market in March will consume economists and investors in the week leading up to Easter, adding to the seesaw debate over when the Federal Reserve will spring its first interest rate hike. Fed Chair Janet Yellen made it clear on Friday that the […]

Gary Evans, CEO of Houston-based energy firm Magnum Hunter Resources (MHR), has a blunt message for OPEC oil ministers hoping to force down prices and drive American competitors out of business. “OPEC is making a huge mistake,” he says. “We made a lot of money with oil at $100 (per barrel), and we’ll become more […]

(Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks fell, sending the Nasdaq Composite Index down the most in two weeks, as technology tumbled and investors sold the quarter’s biggest winners. Intel Corp., International Business Machines Corp. and Microsoft Corp. fell the most in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Kraft Foods Group Inc. soared 36 percent after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire […]

Crude prices tumbled more than 2% early Monday after Saudi Arabia’s oil minister on Sunday said his nation won’t unilaterally cut production without cooperation from both other OPEC members and non-OPEC nations alike. Oil prices have bounced from the initial decline but the comments reinforced Saudi Arabia’s intent to hold the line on production. “We […]

By Noel Randewich (Reuters) – Investors enjoying near-record levels for major stock indexes will scrutinize housing data and other economic indicators in the coming week for hints about the timing of U.S. interest rate hikes to see if the rally will continue. Concern about the Federal Reserve’s path of rate increases and the soaring U.S. […]

Oil staged a remarkable intraday rally Wednesday, rising 10% from its low after the Fed suggested rate hikes are further off than previously expected, even as it removed the “patient” language from its statement. But oil’s prevailing trend resumed Thursday: In recent trading, WTI crude futures were down over 3% and Brent crude was off […]

Temperatures are warming and potential homebuyers are coming out to shop, but they are finding precious little for sale. Weak housing construction and the growth of the single-family rental market have pushed down supply for sure, but one nagging leftover of the housing crash is literally trapping potential sellers in their homes: Negative equity. Some […]

By Mike Peacock LONDON (Reuters) – For a world economy coming to terms with a soaring dollar and a plunge in oil prices, this week will be all about the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy meeting and its intentions on interest rates. A combination of the European Central Bank printing lots of euros and expectations of […]

By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks slumped on Friday, putting the SP 500 on track for its third straight weekly decline, as a robust dollar threatened to erode the profits of multinationals and tumbling crude oil prices pressured energy shares. Crude oil (CLc1) fell 4 percent to $45.15 a barrel, extending its […]